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@aint gister; @anni @fitta OLE O. STORLE, OF NORTH CAPE. ASSIGNOR TOHIMSELFAND PERCY-B. SMITH, OF MILVVAUIEE, VISCONSIN.

Letters Patent No. 64,164, dated April 223, 1857. l

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE HAY-FORKS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CQNCERN:

Be it known that I, OLE O. STORLE, ot' North Cape, in the county ofRacine, and State of Wisconsin, have! invented a new and usefulImprovement in Horse Huy-Forks; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing. is al full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a view of thefork when ready for use.

Figure 2, a view'ot` the 'orl: `when thrust into the hay to be raised.

Figure 3, a :sectional view of the centre shaft, with the sleeve, towhich is attached the prong connectingrods; and I v Figure 4, the lowerend of the centre-shaft prong-connections, with seetionsoi` the prongsor forks.

Similar letters of reference, in euch of the figures, indicatecorresponding parts.

A To enable others skilled in the art to make and use :ny iivention, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation.l I

A A A are theI prongs of the fork; B B B, connecting-rods to the prongs;C, sleeve to win'eh are attached the upper ends of the connecting-rodsB; D, the centre-shaft, to which prongs A are attached and on whichsleeve C slides; E, lock-catch, attached to sleeve C and hooking into anotch or over a projeetion in shaft D, to hold the prongs A expandedwhen loaded; FF F, the connecting joints ot' prongs A; G, a spring .tohold lock E in place; H, rope attached to the handle of lock E, by whichsaid llock is unhoolied to allow' prongs A to come together to berelieved of their load; I, an eye on the upper end of' shaft D, intowhich is to be attached a rope with which to raise, lower, and operatethe fork.

' Operation.

The fork bein in the position as showfnin 1 it Yis ressed down the ointsof the ronds enteriim the g l g a P v P Y P s s hay, and as they enteril; they are pressed till they assume the position shown at lig. 2;sleeve C sliding up shaft D till loch E hooks into the notch .in thesha-ft, spring G throwing-out its lower end' and holding it firm inplace, the fork is theuraisetl by means of the rope attached to the eye,in the upper end of shaft D, whenthe hay upon the prongs A` is raised,and when elevated and swung, by means of a crane or snag of the rope orotherwise, over the point where the hay is to be deposited, by means ot'rope H, lock-catch E is ,unhookei the weight of the hay brings theprongs A together and the hay slides et?, falling` into the desiredplace, and the fork is ready to be used again.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by .Letters Patent,is-

A horse hay-fork,iwhen made with prongs A, connecting-rods B, sleeve C,shaft D, and lock E, in combination, substantially as and for thepurpose described.VV

OLE O. STORLE.

.Witnesses:

J. B. SMITH, CI'IAs. A. SMITH.

